NATCHEZ &8212; A proposed animal ordinance for Adams County is being revised for the second time.

The board of supervisors asked attorney Patricia Dunmore to alter a proposed ordinance spelling out how vicious animals, especially dogs, are to be dealt with.

The most recent version of the ordinance made it mandatory for animals in subdivisions to be confined or on a leash and for animals in the county to remain on their owner&8217;s land.

At a meeting Monday, the board suggested an owner be confronted only if a neighbor complains the animal is vicious or a nuisance. The board also requested definitions in the ordinance for vicious or nuisance animals.

They asked Dunmore to include a set price a wrangler is allowed to charge for containing livestock.

Supervisors President Darryl Grennell asked there be a section in the ordinance explicitly forbidding release into the wild of non-native animals or animals raised in captivity.

The board discussed the possibility of hiring the city animal control officer on a case-by-case basis, but a decision has yet to be made as to how that would be handled.

Dunmore will present the board with a revised ordinance this week, she said. The board will then review it and vote on it. If it passes, it will be published and a public hearing will be held.

Also at the meeting, the board discussed funding two security officers for the juvenile justice building.

The sheriff&8217;s office will fund the two guards until the end of the fiscal year, which begins in July. The board will then vote on whether to fund the two for the next fiscal year.

The guards will likely set the county back around $78,000 a year, including benefits, Grennell said.